diff --git a/server/config/config.go b/server/config/config.go
index 49168b7b8..4411acfe4 100644
--- a/server/config/config.go
+++ b/server/config/config.go
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ func parseConfig(path string) (*Config, error) {
 		},
 		DB: DBConfig{
 			Driver: "sqlite",
-			DataSource: filepath.Join(dataPath, "soft-serve.db"+
-				"?_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)"),
+			DataSource: "soft-serve.db" +
+				"?_pragma=busy_timeout(5000)&_pragma=foreign_keys(1)",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -335,6 +335,10 @@ func (c *Config) validate() error {
 		c.HTTP.TLSCertPath = filepath.Join(c.DataPath, c.HTTP.TLSCertPath)
 	}
 
+	if strings.HasPrefix(c.DB.Driver, "sqlite") && !filepath.IsAbs(c.DB.DataSource) {
+		c.DB.DataSource = filepath.Join(c.DataPath, c.DB.DataSource)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/config/file.go b/server/config/file.go
index cbdf7daf2..6e67d3714 100644
--- a/server/config/file.go
+++ b/server/config/file.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ stats:
 # The database configuration.
 db:
   # The database driver to use.
-  # Valid values are "sqlite3", "sqlite", "postgres", and "mysql".
+  # Valid values are "sqlite" and "postgres".
   driver: "{{ .DB.Driver }}"
   # The database data source name.
   # This is driver specific and can be a file path or connection string.